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Hamilton County residents protest proposed Duke Energy gas pipeline

Posted: 5:52 AM, Jul 27, 2016

Updated:2016-07-28 08:11:39-04

By:
Jordan Burgess, Austin Fast

Duke Energy

<p>Three proposed routes for the Duke Energy pipeline (as of May 23, 2016).</p>

SHARONVILLE, Ohio -- Leaders from 14 communities around Hamilton County and members of Neighbors Opposing Pipeline Extension (NOPE) will protest a controversial gas pipeline that Duke Energy plans to lay through the Tri-State.

Opponents to the Central Corridor Gas Pipeline Extension Project
will gather at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Sharonville Convention Center with Hamilton County commissioners to make sure local leaders and Duke Energy officials address concerns and questions about the pipeline.

NOPE said in a news release that residents along three routes have been receiving notices that Duke will be surveying their properties and taking soil samples over the next few weeks in preparation for the project, whose formal application must be submitted to the Ohio Power Siting Board
on or before Sept. 15.

Members of NOPE say the 12 miles of pipeline through northern Cincinnati and central Hamilton County could be dangerous, and they don't want it in their neighborhoods.

"It's going to be very disruptive to the community, and we think there's a better way so the idea is to let other people know about it and get as big of a voice as we can," said NOPE member Tammy Reasoner. "We want to get enough momentum going that Duke would consider an area that wouldn’t be as dangerous and in as highly populated of an area."

Duke has said it can operate the pipeline safely, but it has been taking extra time to consider the project. If it goes forward, Duke has to pick two possible routes and turn them into the siting board, which will then consider the proposal.